Post #1890821

Yesterday I rebooted a Linux computer whose "uptime" in the command line gave 180 days. I only did this because of the vulnerability reported in recent days. But, no, the update didn't fix it. Never mind, because the vulnerability doesn't affect me. I am using this rather old computer just for data backup. It runs Ubuntu with Live Patch, which means it updates itself and installs the updates without the need for rebooting. In any case, I find it impressive that a computer can run for 180 days, keep itself updated (mostly) without wifi ever breaking during this time. I rebooted it remotely by ssh - except that, because its partition is encrypted, I had to enter the decryption password manually, in the computer which is fine to do every 180 days.